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Sparrows in my purslane basket?

18 years ago

I bought this huge,beautiful purslane hanging basket.It has

multicolor blooms and is very thick and lush.I have feeders

for the birds around my patio.The little sparrows seem to love this.6 or 8 of them at one time will come and hang onto the branches and the wind blows them around.I also

have a nice scaveola basket and they don't pay it any attention.So,I caught them chewing and yanking on some

portulaca I had in a pot;no wonder it got to looking so ragged!I googled purslane and got lots of sites explaining how to eat it.I am not about to eat something that was grown for outside use,but the sparrows don't seem to have a problem with it!I have seen them chewing on the leaves and some of the tiny blooms.Is this normal behavior for them?I have lost so much I had planted this spring on my patio.I live north of Dallas and it got really hot really fast this spring.I was hoping this basket would last well into the fall.Anyone ever have the birds eat your hanging baskets?!

Denah

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